Container Essentials stocks a full range of scrap metal bins and recycling containers for industrial metal recycling operations. Plastic tubs, heavy-duty steel bins, rigid wire baskets, rollover containers, and recycling carts.
The right container depends on what you're handling, how you're moving it, and what happens to the material when it leaves the floor. Here's what we carry and where each type fits.
Plastic Tubs
Stackable plastic bulk containers work well for lightweight or nonferrous scrap such as turnings, metal chips, and small machined parts. Our MACX® bins and Sani-Box® containers are popular options. Both stack, offer 4-way forklift entry, and are compatible with rotator attachments. Gorilla Bulk Bins feature a nestable plastic construction for tight storage spaces and offer a rotatable option as well.
Steel Bins and Wire Baskets
Heavier, bulkier scrap calls for steel bins and wire baskets. Our corrugated metal bins come with optional fork tubes or runners for rotatability and can be moved easily with standard forklifts. Rigid wire baskets let you see what's inside without tipping, and the open construction works well for parts that need to drain or dry before processing. We carry both new metal bins and used metal bins and used rigid wire baskets. Used steel performs the same as new in most scrap applications.
Rotator Containers
If you're discharging directly into roll-offs, rotator containers eliminate the need for a separate tipper machine. The bin rotates on a fixed axis and tips contents cleanly. We offer plastic Gorilla Rotators or Monster Rotators as well rotatable metal bins for heavy scrap.
Recycling Carts
Grizzly Carts are mobile recycling carts built for both collecting peddler and retail scrap on the yard and for collection at the point of generation. Useful at machining centers, cutting stations, or intake areas before material consolidates into larger bins for processing. Several Grizzly models are available as rotator units with a built-in base for direct roll-off discharge. All Grizzly Carts nest when not in use.
